CINCINNATI -- The Securities and Exchange Commission ruled last week that Kroger Co. here must let shareholders vote on a proposal that, according to dissident shareholders, would improve corporate governance at the...
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut's attorney general, said last week his office is conducting an investigation of possible anticompetitive real-estate practices by Stop & Shop, Quincy, Mass., an Ahold...
MINNEAPOLIS -- Supervalu here said it is looking to pick up distribution business from customers of Fleming, Dallas, but only in markets accessible from its existing distribution centers.During a conference call with...
The end of the war in Iraq -- seeming imminent last week as U.S. troops moved into Baghdad -- may boost consumer confidence, but it won't necessarily translate into sales gains for the slumping supermarket industry...
CARTERET, N.J. -- Pathmark Stores here said last week the company achieved a profit for the fourth quarter and year ended Feb. 1, despite flat sales caused by a difficult economy and competitive sales environment...
DALLAS -- Both large and small customers of Fleming here told SN they are continuing to receive product from the wholesaler that filed for bankruptcy last week, but most added that they are also making contingency...
BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- In 1998, when Wal-Mart Stores here introduced the first store in its Neighborhood Market concept, the industry wondered if the new format would transform the supermarket business as the mass...
DALLAS -- Fleming's next top executive needs to be someone who can build morale inside the organization, repair relationships with retailers, and win the trust of Wall Street. That's what executive recruiters and...
CINCINNATI -- Analysts said last week's decision by Kroger Co. here to combine its retail divisions headquartered in Livonia, Mich., and Columbus, Ohio, and operate the new division from Columbus does not mean the...
BOULDER, Colo. -- Wild Oats Markets here said last week a slowdown in the growth of comparable-store sales in the fourth quarter was largely the result of out-of-stocks caused by the company's decision to attempt...
